I'm grateful and humbled to be among the recipients of this great scholarship. This award has made it possible for me to be one step closer to achieving my dreams and I am thankful for the opportunity.

Numiopre “Pamela” Roberts, School of Social Work, 2017-18 recipient of the Southern Management Corporation Scholarship

Purpose

Applicability

This instruction applies to employees, students, or volunteers reasonably anticipated to have laboratory duties at a UMB facility. This includes assigned work, volunteer tasks, academic programs and practicum experiences.

Lab safety training includes the following modules: Bloodborne Pathogens, Laboratory Chemical Safety, and Hazardous Waste. Training is to be completed at initial assignment to tasks where occupational exposure may occur and repeated every twelve months. New employees that work in a laboratory must take the initial classroom course prior to working in a laboratory. Annual laboratory training may be completed in the classroom or online.

Instructions

For new employees or those newly assigned to laboratory duties, register for initial laboratory safety training in the EHS classroom